Don’t let the challenge of responsibility make you walk away from something you love.
there are times when the challenge of
responsibility will make you walk away
from something that you actually love
and people will judge you in that moment
and they will think you’re walking away
because you’re lazy but you’re not
walking away because you’re lazy you’re
walking away because deep down inside I
don’t know if I have what it takes and
this is the danger of disengagement
it is when you find yourself in a state
of shame or fear or trauma or exhaustion
and you walk away from what God gave you
because you don’t know how to manage it
it is the danger of this engagement it
is the danger of showing up in body and
not in mind I’ve learned that there’s a
big difference between coming to church
and being in church I’ve learned that
there is a big difference between coming
home and being home don’t link us say
nothing to me all year is that how it’s
gonna be even look at me crazy all year
like that there is a big difference
between having a child and being a mom
and sometimes the temptation is not to
exactly run away but to just disengage
I’m disengaged not because I don’t care
but just because I’m afraid I don’t know
if I have what it takes David was shaken
the death of Absalom represented his own
failure if only did you hear him if only
I had died instead of you it’s my fault
I didn’t give you what you needed and
it’s my fault
you’re dead and now it’s caught up with
him and he’s shaken and he’s disengaged
he’s not defeated
he’s disengaged he has the victory but
he’s not acting like
he’s the king but he’s not where the
king is supposed to be seized
he’s lost his sense of passion because
he’s moved from his position in ancient
times the cities were well guarded by
gates now David is in Mahanaim which is
not Jerusalem the capital city Absalom
is there and he’s going to drive him out
but not yet
the first thing he has to do is relocate
himself around the city are two gates
everybody say two gates our theme for
the new year is gates I want you to pay
great attention right now this is very
important in each city there would be an
outer gate that everybody saw we all
have one of those we all have the outer
gate that people see it’s our
personality that we project into the
world so people won’t judge us so we
will appear successful then there is the
inner gate it’s the second line of
defense we all have one of those too
it’s our actions – gates – gates – –
games and the action happens watch this
between the gates the bible does not say
put my verse up again is my theme verse
that David took his see this verse eight
at the gate it says that he got up and
took his seat what
we’re now up until this point he’s been
near the gate but he wasn’t in it
he was in isolation above the gate like
a lot of us live our lives watching
events unfold but not taking
responsibility for our outcomes when we
live online in an ecosystem of
pretension and narcissism and opinions
but don’t really make a commitment to
make a difference in the world and we
show up in the places that are most
convenient to our ego but refuse to
confront the issues that sabotage our
soul the action happened between the
gates not outside and not inside but
often between the gates transactions
would be made it was like a marketplace
of the daiba between the gates of the
city there would be buying and selling
and negotiation between the gates
prophets like Amos would prophesy to
maintain justice in the gates in the
gates when Ruth if you remember the Old
Testament story was claimed by Boaz her
kinsman redeemer he did the deal in the
presence of 10 witnesses in the gate
when Abraham bought the burial ground
for Sarah in the Old Testament he bought
it in the presence of witnesses in the
gate
it’s where the witnesses were it’s where
the judges would sit it’s where
negotiations happen is where the
conscience of the nation was developed
it’s where Absalom would stand at the
gate and before people could go through
turn them back after he’d promoted his
own agenda and everything changed for
David when he did something so simple
the Bible says that after all he had
lost and after all the tears here cry
and after all the mistakes he MA he did
something so simple and so profound
the King got up left his chamber and
took his seat in the gay in other words
I hear David saying like Arnold
Schwarzenegger
I’m bad my heart is broken but I’m back
I made some mistakes but I’m back I wish
I could go back and change some things
but I can but I’m back I’m devastated
about what happened but I’m back I’m
uncertain about the future I don’t know
where it’s gonna go from here I’m a long
way from home but I’m back now what I
picture in my mind is today thousands of
people who have gathered to hear this
message online or in person at every
location and I see you getting up from
the failure and the shame and the regret
that has kept you paralyzed and taking
your stand in the cape of praise and
entering his gates with Thanksgiving
I wish 70 people would sup up on your
feet right now
and shout at the top of your lungs back
[Applause]
let the temple no condemnation no no I
don’t know what tomorrow’s gonna bring
five everybody you can race
I’m back in it I’m back in it not gonna
stand over my life blaming people for
the next 20 years because of the last 20
get they may I may say and with the
enemy cops with his accusations and his
excuses I want you to look him square in
the eye before the year even gets
started good and tell him devil this
seat is taken
I said this seat is taken
no room for you to run my life cuz I am
seated in heavenly places with Christ
I’m back in position I’m back in purpose
[Applause]
get back in the gate get back in the
game you cannot change what you tolerate
get back in the gate you cannot change
what you won’t face get back in the game
you can’t change it by complaining you
can’t change it by if only but now if
you will take your seat God has prepared
a place for you in the presence of your
enemies
it might not rid you of your problems
but he has given you his breakfast hey
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